“ Ella is nervous, the harpy muttered from her perch on the railing. The elephant. The elephant is watching Ella. Rick Riordan
“ Annabeth:My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris. Percy: the brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches?Annabeth:No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. hubris is worse.Pe… Rick Riordan
“ Butch hesitated. Annabeth's okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to come here, to find a guy with one shoe. That was supposed to be the answer to her problem.What Problem?… Rick Riordan
“ And, Annabeth continued, it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were , Percy. Can you believe that?No, he admitted. So…you knew you liked me from that moment?She smirked. I hated you at fir… Rick Riordan
“ Piper and Hazel were ready to go, but first Annabeth turned to Percy, who was leaning on the starboard rail, gazing over the bay. Annabeth took his hand. What are you going to do while we’re gone?Jump… Rick Riordan
“ Down in the water, Octavian yelled, Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!Tempting, Percy called down. Rick Riordan
“ We still should have enough time to reach Rome.Hazel scowled. When you say …Leo shrugged. How do you feel about ?Hazel put her face in her hands for a count of three. Sounds about typical for us. Rick Riordan
“ Whoa, said Nico as he climbed off the bus. Is that a climbing wall?Yeah, I (Percy) said.Why is there lava pouring down it?Little extra challenge... - Percy Rick Riordan
“ It was the heaviest thing I'd ever felt, as if I were being crushed under a thousand trucks. I wanted to black out from the pain, but I breathed deeply. Rick Riordan
“ If we can’t repair things with the Romans—well, the two sets of demigods have gotten along. That’s why the gods kept us separate. I don’t know if we could ever belong there.Percy didn’t want to argue… Rick Riordan
“ Piper had a new entry in her top-ten list of . Fighting Shrimpzilla with a dagger and a pretty voice? Not so effective. Rick Riordan
“ Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us—long-range radar, still not in sight.Piper leaned over the console. Are you sure they’re Roman?Leo rolled his eyes. No, Pipes. It could be a rand… Rick Riordan
“ He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs…Okay, Frank relented. Sure. He frowned at his fingers, trying to pull them out of the trap. Uh, how do you—Leo chuckl… Rick Riordan
“ At the front window was something that looked like a machine gun with a cluster of barrels. Rocket launcher? he wondered aloud. Nope, nope! Potatoes. Ella doesn't like potatoes.Ella! Where are the oth… Rick Riordan
“ Hazel! he yelled. That box! Open it!She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te label read WARNING. DO NOT OPEN. Open it! Leo yelled again. Rick Riordan
